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Blackford County Historical Society

321 North High Street, P.O. Box 264
Hartford City, Indiana

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January 2012:


A work session is scheduled Wednesday, February 8. The museum/library will open at 1:00 p.m. If you want to further your genealogy research, come join us.


Click here for a New Snippet of history featuring our Toy Room.




MUSEUM/LIBRARY SCHEDULE:
We will be open by appointment this fall/winter season. If we schedule open days, the date and time will be posted here.




picture of bookCome meet the "Stranger Among Us", a new book published by the Blackford County Historical Society. The book is a compilation of original stories of immigrants who lived and worked here during the oil and gas days. America was truly a "Melting Pot", as our small community proves.

These books can be purchased in hardback or softback from BCHS. Here is a link for an order form that can be downloaded for print. The books can also be purchased on the internet at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.




We have some excess High School Year Books for sale. Condition good to not-so-good. Price subject to condition.


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Contacts

For information or an appointment to visit call: Sinuard Castelo, 765-348-3103, email sinuardcastelo3@gmail.com"; or Jane Winder 765-348-4028, e-mail gjwinder@pcdoctors1.com.



Regular mail: Blackford County Historical Society, 321 N. High Street, PO Box 264, Hartford City, IN 47348.


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For Sale


Check back often as items may change.


Items for sale in our Museum
Item Name Cost
Blackford County Courthouse Postcards $0.50
Courthouse Stationery Notes $10.00
Blackford County Maps 1886 and 1901 $10.00
Blackford County High School Year Book $7.50
Hartford City High School Yearbooks $5.00
book pictureStrangers Among Us - Published by the Blackford County Historical Society, the book is a compilation of original stories of immigrants who lived and worked here during the oil and gas days. America was truly a "Melting Pot", and our small community was no exception. Order Form Hard Cover
$21.00

Soft Cover
$16.00
picture of bookWorld War II - Blackford County Remembers - (Includes a listing of Blackford County World War II service men and women and contains submitted stories, pictures, and information of those who served in that war.) $20.00
picture of book Korean Conflict - Blackford County Remembers - Includes an alphabetical listing, many pictures and stories submitted by those who served. $25.00
tshirt1924 TOOL GUYS AND TIN LIZZIES T-Shirts
Contact Carolyn Goetz, 348-0086, to order a really neat T-shirt. These T-shirts are gray with a black and gray picture of the garage on the front, are available in S (only 1), M, L and XL
$12.00
Indiana Civil War Veterans, Blackford County, 1861-1865, 2nd edition. $20.00
Brick, 4" x 8", for the Walkway around the Civil War Monument.

Follow this Civil War Re-enactment link and click on "Monument Info" for more information about the Monument.

$50.00
Rose Mountain Granite Block, 8" x 8" for the Walkway around the Civil War Monument.

Follow this Civil War Re-enactment link and click on "Monument Info" for more information about the Monument.

$250.00
book of historical sitesBlackford County Interim Report - Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. Contains pictures and descriptions of many structures. $15.00


NOTE: If ordering by mail, inquire about shipping and handling charges before sending payment.


Blackford County Historical Society
321 North High Street
PO Box 264
Hartford City, IN 47348
Sinuard Castelo, 765-348-3103 or
Jane Winder 765-348-4028

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